Turned shoe.



R. B. MELANSON.

TURNED SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 4, 1912.

Patentd June 2, 1914.

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@TflTlE ltd PA 1" EN OFFIE RAI'lGl-IIEORD B. MELANSON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN P. BAUER, OF MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TURNED SHOE.

Application filed December 1, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 191 1.

Serial No. 734,853.

To all til/ 1.0172- it may concern lie it known that I, BANG-H1901) B. lvlnn- ANSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lynn, in the county of llsser; and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful l1nprovelnents in 'lurned Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a flexible and durable turned shoe adapted to be nizuiufactured at a relatively small expense and possessing greater flexibility and durability at the fore part of its bottom than a turned shoe as ordinarily made.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

(lit the accompanying drawings: Figure '1 represents a perspective sectional view showing the toe portion of a shoe en1bodyinn my invention in place on a last, the sole and upper being inside out. Fig. represents a view of the portion shown by Fig. 1, the sole and upper being turned right side out. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view showing an inner sole or sock linii'ig. Fig. l represents a sectional view showing'the sole extended and provided with the outside Welt. reqn'esents a sectional view showing a modificationhereinafter described.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

in carrying out my invention l apply the sole 12 and upper 13 of a turned shoe to a last 1 1, the sole and upper being assembled and lasted inside out as usual. The upper may be temporarily secured during the lasting; operation by lasting tacks which I have not shown.

15 represents an inside Welt Which is laid on the upper surface of the inwardly turned edge portion of the upper. The Welt 15 may be of leather or other suitable material and may be thicker at its outer than its inner edge, as shown, although I do not limit myself to this formation. The Welt, the inwardly turned edge portion of the upper, and the edge portion of the sole are next flexibly united by independent tacks or nails 16. or other suitable metallic fastenings, driven from the upper surface of the Welt outwardly and having head portions which bear on the upper surface of the Welt 15 and hold the latter firmly in place. The points of the fastenings 16 may be clenched upon the outer face of the sole 12 or upon one side of a shallow channel formed therein in case it is desirable to conceal the clenched points. tlaid points may be clenched upon a racial plate or anvil 17 attached to the last. In case the tacks are clenched within a channel the form of the anvil will be modified so that it may enter the channel. The last is now removed and the sole and upper are turned right side out as indicated by Fig. 2. The Welt 15 is located above the inner surface of the sole 12 and its outer edge forms an elongated abutment or hearing for the inner surface of the upper and bridges the spaces between the independent fastenings, so that the crease formed by the outer surface of the upper and the edge portion of the sole is firmly maintained, and separation of the upper from the sole causing the crease to open or grin between the fastenings 16 is impossible.

l t Will be seen that the employment of the inside Welt .15 enables the upper to be firmly secured to the sole Without reducing the effective thickness of the sole by town ing a channel. therein, the entire thickness of the sole being utilized for holding the fas teninps 16, and this thickness being added to by the Welt 15 which is located above the inner surface of the sole. The inside Welt also enables spaced apart fastenings to be employed so that the flexibility of the shoe is greater than would be the case if the up per and sole were united by a continuous series of stitches. The turned construction of the shoe enables the headed independent fastenings to be driven outwardly from the upper surface of the inside Welt, so that the heads of the fastenings are Within the shoe While the clenched points are at or near the tread surface of the sole. There is, therefore, no liability of the fastenings Working upwardly into the interior of the shoe. 1 have found that the outer ends of the fastenings are constantly burred by Wear when they are exposed on the tread surface, the burs preventing any tendency of the fastenings to work upwardly into the shoe.

The well; 15 is raised above the upper surface of the sole by its own thickness and as shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, by the portion of the upper interposed between the Welt and the sole. The upper surface of the welt therefore forms a raised marginal portion of the foot-supporting surface, said surface thus marginally raised conforming approximately to the shape of the bottom of the foot. The welt is preferably considerably narrower than the inwardly turned edge of the upper, so that the portion of said edge projecting inwardly from the welt forms a raised foot-supporting surface which is lower than the upper surface of the welt, and cooperates therewith in forming a sup porting surface conforming approximately to the marginal portion of the bottom t ie foot and adapted to support a thin inner sole or sock lining 20 with its marginal portion raiser. and inclined as :UUXH by Figs. 3 and d. The lining 20 may be omitted if desired, as shown by Fig. 5.

The sole 12 may be provided with a marginal recess 21 (Fig. 5) to receive the inwardly turned edge of the upper, in which case the raised marginal )ortion of the foot supporting surface is formed only by the welt The sole 12 may have an extension edge 12 shown by Fig. 4t.

22 represents an out-side we t attached by stitches or other fastenings 23 to the extension edge 12 said outside welt covering and protecting the mouth of the crease between the upper and sole, and excluding moisture and mud therefrom. A supplemental sole 24: may be attached to the edge 12 as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. i, said supplemental sole concealing the clenched points of the metallic fasteners.

I claim 1. it turned shoe comprising a sole, an upper having its edge portion turned inwardly on the inner face of the sole, an inside welt laid on tne inwardly turned portion of the upper, and independent spaced apar metallic fastenings driven from the upper surface of the welt outwardly through the edge portion of the upper into the sole and flexibly connecting said parts, said fas teuings hating head portions which bear on the upper surface of the welt, the spaces between the fastenings being bridged by the welt which prevents separation of the upper from the sole between the fastenings.

i. A turned shoe comprising a sole, an upper having its edge turned inwardly on the inner face of the sole, an inside welt laid on. the inwardly turned edge of the upper and attached to the upper and sale, the outer edge of the welt bearing on the inner surface of the upper above the sole, and an outside welt aid on and attached to the upper surface of the edge portion of the sole, and protecting the crease between the sole and upper.

in testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

RANCHFORD B. IXIELANSON.

"Witnesses 'W. Hanmson,

A. 1) V? Pnzanrri.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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